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Scientists have long suspected that the trillions of bacteria colonizing a newborn’s intestines play a role in shaping whether that child will one day develop...

A final score on a computer-based test tells you far less than it appears to. That is the central premise of a new study published...

In a veterinary clinic in Cairo, ten cats with spontaneous mammary carcinoma became the unlikely protagonists of a study that could reshape how aggressive breast...

For decades, patients whose colorectal cancer has spread to the liver in limited numbers have faced a frustrating gap in evidence: two widely used curative-intent...

One of nature’s most infamous cheats has offered up a genetic surprise. The common cuckoo, a bird famous for laying its eggs in the nests...

A provocative new analysis has called into question one of the most celebrated promises of social robotics: that friendly machines can ethically help autistic children...

Beneath every plant, the narrow sleeve of soil hugging its roots—the rhizosphere—is one of the most chemically active zones on Earth. Roots leak sugars, organic...

Vitamin B12 deficiency is one of the most common nutritional problems in modern medicine, yet a new consensus from Brazil has delivered a strikingly honest...

Aquaculture is one of the fastest growing food sectors on the planet, but raising fish at high density in closed systems creates a stubborn chemical...

Sugar beet is one of the world’s most important sources of sugar, yet like nearly every crop plant that has passed through the bottleneck of...

For decades, salicylic acid has been known as the chemical alarm bell of the plant world. When pathogens attack, levels of this simple hormone surge...

Grafting has long been the workhorse of clonal tree propagation, but a new study in BMC Plant Biology has pulled back the curtain on why...

Every heartbeat sends a faint mechanical shudder through the chest wall and the rest of the body. For more than two decades, researchers have tried...

Aroma complexity is one of those words that everyone in the wine, coffee, tea, and spirits worlds uses, yet almost nobody can measure. It evokes...

Deep in the cold waters of Dal Lake in Srinagar lives a fish that has long puzzled scientists trying to untangle its family tree. Schizothorax...